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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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